SKOALA
Bringing financial
education
Skoala is a digital platform that makes financial education effective, yet accessible and engaging, for both students and teachers. It was the first major digital project of Nadace České spořitelny, the largest banking foundation in the Czech Republic.
To bring Skoala to life, we collaborated with our partner HAZE innovation agency, who led the creative direction and content development, and Dan Špaček, the author of Skoala’s visual identity.
2024
Improve financial literacy
The product discovery phase is key. The goal was ambitious yet clear: to build a digital platform that improves children’s financial literacy and ensures accessibility for everyone. Initially, the idea revolved around creating an engaging video game that would make learning about finances fun and interactive for kids.
However, our Design Sprint revealed a critical insight. The real challenge wasn’t capturing children’s interest—it was the lack of effective resources for teachers on this topic. This realization shifted our approach, leading to the creation of Skoala, a platform designed not just for kids but also for the educators who guide them.
Bringing together diverse expertise
The challenge was to balance the complexity of the solution with a user-friendly interface. We needed to design an intuitive experience for both students and teachers, build a seamless yet adaptable environment for content editors, and ensure a scalable infrastructure that could handle thousands of concurrent users without sacrificing performance.
To develop Skoala, we combined a Node.js backend, a React frontend, and AWS infrastructure with our expertise in UI/UX, graphic design, user research, testing, accessibility reviews, and security compliance—ensuring a robust platform that enables interactive knowledge-sharing.
Redefining financial education
Featuring over 100 different study materials, including custom-created games, quizzes, or videos, displayed in a fine-tuned user interface, Skoala is an educational platform of its own category. It’s a tool that’s designed to change how financial education is approached at schools.
What truly sets Skoala apart is the direct feedback loop we established with teachers and students during development. This hands-on testing ensured that the platform not only meets educational goals but also resonates with its users. The result is a learning environment that makes financial education accessible, engaging, and effective for students across the board.
"Skoala is unique not only in its mission but also in the team behind it. It perfectly embodies the spirit of ‘pulling together.’ The blend of expertise, professionalism, humanity, and endless willingness to help is truly rare and I’m incredibly grateful to be working with this team."
Matúš Bizoň
IT Project Manager at Česká spořitelna
